Grumpy Cat Is Top Dog Over Jim Carrey at BEA

By

Jo Piazza

May 31, 2013 7:31 pm ET

The breakout star of Friday’s BookExpo America at the Javits Center wasn’t the actor Jim Carrey, former First Lady contender Ann Romney, or NBA all-time leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. It was none other than meme sensation Grumpy Cat, who drew a line of hundreds of fans, some of whom waited more than two hours just to take a photograph with the cantankerous feline.

“There are 10,000 librarians here and just one cat. Of course the line is this long. This is the most exciting thing I have done all day,” said Connecticut librarian Casey Caplante. “I’m going to be a grumpy librarian by the time I finally get to see the cat.” Caplante added that she had once waited in a similarly long line to meet Real Housewife of New Jersey Teresa Giudice. “This is absolutely more worth it,” she said of waiting for Grumpy Cat.

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